Hey guys,
I'm so sorry for my late response but I was super busy with some startups.
I saw some questions in this thread and other threads here in BHW and I noticed that people are still confused with the things from the old and new world of SEO.
So, it will be best to start from the very beginning and explain why the old world of SEO doesn't work anymore, at least for the long term and real businesses.
Again, this doesn't apply for "churn and burn" sites and strategies and in this thread, I will not write about that.
So, what's the deal.
1. Regularly updated site with fresh, "quality content" - is the mistake number one, and I'll explain
- Since 2009, when I launch my first blog I followed a lot of SEO experts and their advice on how to get my keywords ranked, even in the hardest industry.
Some of the advice's worked some of them not but in general, it was all connected with one thing "Keep your blog updated on a regular base (weekly, if possible daily) with fresh content and just watch your rankings going up" all together with backlinks because the content will be shared.
And I did that.
I spent 6 months on my first blog, 4 months on my second blog, adding fresh content on a weekly base and sometimes on a daily base also, and all I got was a few visitors per day.
I thought I chose keywords from the tough dealing industry so I tried with something else and I found less competitive keywords.
Results?
Actually it was the same.
And I didn't do any content promotion, no backlinks also, because I wanted to see if regular posting will make any SERP impact, plus all recommendation from "SEO experts" was based on regularly adding fresh content.
The result of these experiments?
“Fresh content” and regular updates makes ZERO difference in your rankings. Nada!
I saw here many people asking; "I added 100 fresh articles, why I don't see any traffic"?
What you need to do is to write only the best content and keep that content updated, at least once a year.
Technically speaking that's 5.000 - 10.000 words content, sometimes, even more, evergreen content, which will include medium tail keyword
Why?
Because there's only 10 spots on the first page and only 3 spots for the best and if you want to see your keywords ranked you must do your best, and that's what I called that content "
Rocket Content".
Rocket content is highly shareable and brings links (more about that later).
2. Now, the second big mistake is connected with wrong keyword research and you can find in the post above #12 in this thread.
3. And the final mistake I will write about today, is; Not proactively link building
- So, if you just publish your content and wait to be seen and shared, you are in a big mistake.
Backlinks are playing a huge role, if not the main one, in the SEO industry.
Some stats before we continue;
- Each month, 70 million new posts appear on WordPress blogs alone
- 2 and more million posts are published each day
- 661 WordPress sites also pop up daily
- Over 400 million people visit WordPress sites each month
- The average blog post contains 1150 words
So, do you really think that you can rank and bank using old tactics?
I doubt.
First, you need to create content designed specifically to generate links and shares.
This is key.
Content specifically engineered to get backlinks and social shares.
After that, you'll need strategies to promote that content but if you don't have amazing content no one will share.
More about that in one of coming posts.
I often choose longtail keywords like this:
1. Choose the keyword with more than 3 words. Example: best foods for boxer...
2. Google search: allintile:"best foods for boxer"
3. If volume/allintile >= 4 then i will choose this kw. Example: 20/4 =5 > 4
Is my method wrong?
If you ask me, the best strategy is not long-tail keywords targeting but medium tail keywords.
Please just read again post #12.
In general, you should add long-tail keywords inside your blog posts. I will write about that later in this thread.
Do the social signals need to be indexed to provide value?
What about the private accounts(social signals)? How Google sees the social signals from private accounts?
How many social signals are enough for new posts to justify the baklinking?
Don't use social signals for link building purpose, you won't get any rankings. Use socials for traffic and traffic mean sales if you providing value.
Who has the best services for SEO?
One who works honestly and with high dedication.
What is the strategy around a PR that converts?
How do you create news worthy content?
How to make sure it gets picked up?
Any particular PR site? Is paid PR worth?
The main PR that converts strategy is based on making contacts with journalists, influencers, big magazines. How to pitch, how to email, how to follow-up and be their "friend".
On other questions, I will answer you in one of my next posts because it requires more time and dedication.
Hi. One question here.
What happen if I have a blogger blog with name (for example) "abcd.blogspot.com", and I decide to buy my own domain name, but I find a good domain name that is (for example) "ypmz.com".
In terms of positioning how this can affect the blogs?
How does Google react when something like this happens?
If the domain name is good, can this affect the blogs in a positive way?
Hope that you can guide me with this.
Thanks in advance for your time to answer this kind of questions.
Sure, you can transfer all actually;
Posts & Pages
Comments
Categories
Media
Permalinks
Feed
Authors
Traffic
If you need any other help, please post it here and I'll guide you.
